Vietnam War
Unit | 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment |
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Rank | First Lieutenant U.S. Army |
Entered Service From | Mc Lean Virginia |
Date of Death | December 19 1971 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
First Lieutenant Forame was a member of the Air Cavalry Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. On December 19, 1971, he was the co-pilot of a Hughes Cayuse Observation Helicopter on a bomb assessment mission southeast of Bambe, Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia when the aircraft came under intense fire, burst into flames and crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.